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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

JUSTIFICATION FOR LIMITED

COMPETITION/SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR

ACQUISITIONS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

1. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1), I hereby determine that the Cellebrite UFED Touch Device Software Dongle listed on DJF-18- 1800-PR-0006153 is available from only one source, and competition is precluded as there are no substitutes available.

2. Redacted.

3. The purpose of this requisition is to procure UFED Touch Device Software

Dongle from Cellebrite Inc. The Software licenses will provide the FBI’s

Computer Analysis Response Team Forensic Examiners (CART Examiners) the ability to acquire data from cell phones in support of ongoing investigations.

4. . The CART Examiners have utilized the CelleBrite UFED cell phone forensic examination kit for the past five years, which have become an integral part of the Examiners toolbox.

5. The UFED application is an advanced cell phone utility specifically designed for law enforcement representatives to acquire data from cell phones.

Without this purchase the current process of extracting data from cell phones will continue to add to the CART backlog problems. Testing and validation of this equipment has been completed and is include in CART's

SOP as approved equipment.

6. To introduce an alternative brand of UFED application will result in unnecessary cost for testing and validation of a UFED tool. CelleBrite is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the UFED and does not allow any third party to bid or resell this item, so no competition is available.